What does a double bass or a sitar sound like? What's the difference between bongos and congas? Which instrument has only one note? Which one takes just 30 seconds to learn? What do these instruments really sound like?

This book engagingly presents 50 common and uncommon musical instruments with practical and curious facts that will spark interest in music of all kinds. Each instrument features a piece of music composed by an award-winning musician, accessed via QR code.

With instruments presented outside conventional categories, the book is open to all ways of listening and learning. Aspects of history, music theory and culture are lightly mixed with information about how instruments are made and played. Instruments of all sorts include the voice and computer, unusual instruments such as the theremin and vuvuzela, alongside those that are well known.

QR codes on each page link to 52 individual instruments and a code on the cover takes you to a full band joyously bringing all the instruments in the book together.

"This is a book that opens children to playful ways of thinking about music and instruments"

Julia Marshall, Publisher

About the Author

Ole Koennecke was born in 1961 and spent his childhood in Sweden. He now lives in Germany and has produced over 30 books, several of which have won international awards.

Hans Ko nnecke is an award-winning composer, instrumentalist and music producer for film, and theatre, who studied composition at the Academy for Music and Theater in Munich.

Reviews

"An incredible resource for teachers and caregivers alike eager to find a child-friendly introduction to sound and music history."

-- Kirkus Reviews



Book Information
ISBN 9781776575558
Author Ole Koennecke
Format Hardback
Page Count 112
Imprint Gecko Press
Publisher Gecko Press